お化け

Japanese

Alternative spelling
御化け

From お (o-, general honorific prefix) +‎ 化け (bake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 化(ば)ける (bakeru, “to change oneself into”)).

お化(ば)け • (obake)

お化(ば)け屋(や)敷(しき) (obake yashiki, “haunted house”, literally “ghost house”)
提(ちょう)灯(ちん)お化(ば)け (chōchin'obake, “chochinobake, a ghost that resembles a lantern”, literally “paper lantern ghost”)

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NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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